Los Angeles news anchor Chris Burrous died Thursday after being found unconscious in a Glendale motel room. He was 43.

His station, KTLA, reported that police were called around 1:15 p.m. to a Days Inn in the San Fernando Valley city by a man who had been there with Burrous.

According to Sgt. Dan Suttles of the Glendale Police Department, the original call to police indicated Burrous was using drugs but the determination of the cause of death will be left to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.

Burrous had been with KTLA since 2011. In the mid-1990s, shortly after he graduated from Chapman University in Orange County, he had jobs in San Jose at television station KNTV and radio station KLIV.

Social media tributes from Burrous’ co-workers said he had been married since 2003 to Mai Do-Burrous, whom he had met when they both worked at Bakersfield station KGET. They and their 9-year-old daughter lived in Porter Ranch, an affluent neighborhood in the northwest San Fernando Valley.

Burrous had a co-starring role in a viral moment two years ago: During a live Saturday morning broadcast, he handed a sweater to Liberté Chan as she presented the weather report and told her the station had received emails critical of her shoulder-baring dress. Though Chan later said she was not offended by the interruption, some viewers called it sexist and disrespectful.

We have some sad news to report. Chris Burrous, a fixture on the KTLA 5 Morning News since 2011, passed away Thursday. He was a beloved member of the KTLA family and will be deeply missed. He was 43. https://t.co/HfDA1wTbOXpic.twitter.com/Qd0uz275pC